Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 Oct 2020

202d Military Police Company
(Praetorian Elite)

  • Constituted 23 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 202d Military Police Company
  • Activated 15 May 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida
  • Allotted 29 January 1951 to the Regular Army
  • Inactivated 1 October 1955 in Austria
  • Activated 20 June 1961 in France
  • Inactivated 31 December 1970 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  • Activated 21 August 1978 in Germany
  • Inactivated 15 March 1992 in Germany
  • Activated 16 March 2004 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Algeria-French Morocco
  • Tunisia
  • Sicily (with arrowhead)
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • North Apennines
  • Po Valley
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • National Resolution
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation I
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2017-2018

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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